Pull-on-device for boots and shoes.



E. O. JACOBS.

PULL-ON DEVICE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

I APPLICATION FILED DEC. a1, 1913.

1,100,692. Patented June 16,191L

Wzinesses I raven/Z0 r iav Q. Ernest TJaoobs UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST C. JACOBS, OF ROCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PULL-0N DEVICE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 31, 1913. Serial No. 809,609.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST C. J mom, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rockland, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Pull-On Devices for Boots and Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accom panying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to boots and shoes and more particularly to a device for pulling the same onto the feet.

Boots and shoes have commonly been provided with a shoe strap of a length sulficient to form a substantially large loop through which the thumb or finger of the user may be passed to obtain a firm pull upon the boot or shoe. Such straps pro ect a very considerable distance above the up per edge of the boot and shoe when new, and after being worn are frequently bent down outside the boot or shoe, and in both instances are unsightly and objectionable.

The present invention has for an object thereof to provide boots or shoes with a grasp inclosing pull-on device positioned with its upper edge adjacent to the top of the shoe upper and connected thereto as hereinafter described and claimed, and preferably positioned in the rear of the boot or shoe in such manner that the device may be grasped between the thumb and fingers of the hand and preferably by application thereof to the outer face of the pull-on device and the inner face of the shoe upper.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a boot or shoe having my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the shoe shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale upon the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the shoe upper is represented at 1, and the lining thereof at 2 in Fig. 3. The lining and upper are secured together in any suitable manner, as, for example by stitching along their upper edges.

The pull-on device is herein represented as composed of a filler 3 of a form adapting it to be grasped between the thumb and fingers of the hand, the device being tapered or having an enlarged portion which will not readily slip from between the thumb and fingers. In practice, I have found the triangular form shown to be efiicient. The filler may consist of a piece of sole leather, although any other suitable material may be employed for the purpose. A strip 4: of leather or other suitable material, preferably of the full width of the filler and preferably of a single piece, is applied to the top and to the outer face of the filler in such manner that it may be suitably secured to the shoe upper at the upper and lower ends of the filler. The strip 4 may be of any suitable length for this purpose. I have, however, shown it as prolonged beyond the top of the filler 3, where it is applied fiatwise to the outer face of the upper as indicated at 5, and is there secured in any suitable manner, as by means of stitching 6. At its lower end, the said strip is preferably extended below the apex of the filler, as indicated at 7, being there applied fiatwise to the upper and secured thereto in any suitable manner, and preferably by stitching 8. If desired, the strip may be secured throughout substantially its entire length to the filler 3 by adhesive or in any other suitable manner.

It will be observed that the upper end of the pull-on device terminates substantially at and is herein represented slightly below the upper edge of the shoe upper, thus avoiding any possibility of the cloth catching between the pull-on device and the ankle. Moreover, the pull-on device is effectively, securely and readily attached to the upper and in such a way as in no wise to detract from the appearance of the boot or shoe.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention, I desire it to be understood that although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

Claims:

1. A boot or shoe having a pull-on device consisting of an inverted triangular filler arranged with its base terminating adjacent the top edge of the shoe upper and a securing strip attached to the shoe upper in contact with the outer face only thereof and extended over said filler substantially as described.

2. A boot or shoe having a pull-on device consisting of an inverted triangular filler name to this specification, in the presence of arranged With its base adjacent but slightly tWo subscribing Witnesses. below the top edge of the shoe upper, and a securing strip attached to the shoe upper ERNEST JAOOLS' 5 above and below the filler and covering the VVitneses:

top and outer face of the latter. JOHN G. SUTHERLAND,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my V W. P. HAMMOND.

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